200 DAFFODILS NARCISSUS 



with unburst trumpets treasure and keep it, for such are 

 getting scarce. 



ROSE-FLOWERED DOUBLE. (C. 14 in. f$3 doz.) Rich 

 yellow and delightfully fragrant This old favourite has 

 outlived several popular names, originally being known 

 as "John Tradescant's Daffodil" which was "botanized" 

 into Tradescanthus and Tradescant's Centifolius, which 

 was appropriate because the flower is really a conglomera- 

 tion of small double flowers crowded together into a rosette. 

 After Parkinson popularised it by the description in his 

 Herbal published in 1629 the variety was afterwards 

 also known as "Parkinson's Rose-flowered Daffodil." Bo- 

 tanically it is "Lobularis plenissimus or grandir plenus. 



DWARF DOUBLE SWEET SCENTED. (B. 10 in. f$2 doz.) 

 Large, double, bright yellow, fragrant flowers. Dwarf 

 sturdy growth, and does well in borders or naturalised in 

 partial shade. It is usually catalogued under its botanical 

 name or abbreviations of same which are sometimes con- 

 fusing, its full title being "Pseudo lobularis pumilus ple- 

 nus" but often the first and sometimes the second words 

 are omitted. 



QUEEN ANNE'S DOUBLE. Syns: capax plenus and Eys- 

 tettensis. (A. 7 in. t 11 7SC ea.) A quaint old variety 

 of greatest interest to the collector of varieties. The lemon 

 yellow flowers are composed of six superimposed layers 

 of six petals like pointed stars graduating in size. The 

 single form is unknown. 



RIP VAN WINKLE. (B. 9 in. f$6 doz.) A very rare 

 and interesting doubled form of the single Ajax Minor. 

 A native of Ireland. Dwarf habit. Early and free flower- 

 ing. The small doubled flowers are pale yellow, and frag- 

 rant. Petals pointed and curiously twisted. 



GERARD'S SILVER AND GOLD DOUBLE. (B. 9 in. t$7-5Q 

 doz.) This rare old variety: N. Pseudo-Narcissus albus 

 aureus plenus with abbreviations to suit the length of 



